I'm already over-the-top excited about the 2009-2010 NHL season. Sure, the Finals aren't over, the draft hasn't happened, and free agency isn't around to give me hives yet, but there are only four months until October, folks...

Yesterday, it was a rumor on Finnish hockey forums. Today it became official. New York Rangers' General Manager Glen Sather announced that the organization reached a deal with Finnish blueliner Ilkka Heikkinen...

Michal Rozsival is the only Czech left in a New York Rangers' locker room that was once filled to the brim with his compatriots, and there is little doubt that Rozsival will be leaving the Rangers via trade this summer...

I often notice that a lot of male hockey fans drag their girlfriends to games. These are the girls/women staring up at the rafters and chewing gum. They go to the bathroom at least 10 times during the game...

It's not technically the offseason, but it is my offseason. The Rangers can start looking forward to the summer, free agency, the draft, and next season. Here are some things I want to see from Sather...